day 12.

ciao from Cortona, Italy!

today was very chill...Michaele decided to have a picnic in the park today! she, Ashley, Holly, Erin, and i headed on over to the lovely park and sat down with a gilatto (before lunch, ha) and sandwiches that Mike made. a lovely time was had by all :)

they all headed back to class, and i headed out in the desperate search for internet...much to my chagrin, it was “siesta” and everyone was closed :/ i did, however, get to sit down with some guys and the photography teacher from Mike’s school.

i headed back to the convent and took a glorious nap, then headed up to the school to watch the sunset with Michaele and Blair (a cool guy that Ashley teaches with). all of the colors were insane, and i had the chance to take some photos.

we ate at the school tonight (they serve full Italian meals at every dinner), i met some cool people, and we headed to the “common room” for internet (happy sigh) and fun. we also went down to the park with 2 guys afterwards to sit and talk about the coolness of
Italy.

a few things i learned today...

1. it feels like there are so many courses in an Italian meal...(in order: pasta w/ bread, meat and side, salad, and dessert)

2. i have been able to experience something new every day :)

3. at night, the park in Cortona smells and reminds me of Capon Springs (where i worked over the summer) and it made me miss it a lot :(

4. i guess i kinda just realized that i will be in Disney World the day i get back...

5. don’t mention Chickfila when you are around the students here (or at least Mike and Ashley...ha). they can’t have it for another 2 months..

6. i have a lot of photos to take when i get home!!

7. i am PUMPED about going to Siena with everyone from the school tomorrow...should be awesome.

8. i am excited to give friends/family their presents :) hopefully i’ll find some more tomorrow!

9. parks are fun at night

10. this is the perfect place for portraits...(though i haven’t really taken any yet)

anyways, i am headed to Siena tomorrow!

not too much picture taking today...